PRB: Search Button Disabled in Windows Help

• Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows versions 3.0 and 3.1
• Microsoft Win32 SDK, versions 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, and 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When a help file is loaded into the Windows Help program, the Search button is disabled.

CAUSE

There are two likely causes:

1. The help file defines no keywords for searching.



2. The keywords are defined using a lowercase "k" footnote.

RESOLUTION

For cause 1, if searching is desired, define some keywords in the file. For cause 2, modify the RTF text to use an uppercase "K" for keyword footnotes.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.10 3.50 4.00 95 win16sdk

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Last Reviewed: March 3, 1999